[TriLUG] wacky server behavior

[Jason Tower]

it's a permanent hang, i waited for 15 minutes and it didn't start 
without pressing ctrl for several seconds, after which it started right 
up.

On Tuesday 12 October 2004 07:46, Chris Knowles wrote:
> Well, I've seen boxes where apache takes *forever* to start, usually
> because of a problem figuring out what its host name is.  There's
> nothing in the logs that implies a problem?
>
> (I'm talking about a 3 minute "hang" while apache spins it's wheels.)
>
> Though that Ctrl thing is a little crazy.
>
> May not have any help, but you've got my sympathy.  I'll be
> interested in what really fixes it.
>
> CJK
>
> On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 22:04, Jason Tower wrote:
> > compaq 1850R server, fresh mandrake 10 install w/ apache2.  if the
> > server is booted w/ apache disabled, it boots fine, i can login and
> > run 'service httpd start' and everything works properly.
> >
> > however, if i 'chkconfig httpd on' and reboot, it will hang while
> > starting apache.  if i ssh in and run 'ps aux|grep httpd' this is
> > the result:
> >
> > root      2799  0.5  0.3  2856 1592 ?        S    20:49
> > 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc3.d/S92httpd start
> > root      2943  0.0  0.1  1584  516 ?        S    20:49   0:00
> > initlog -q -c httpd2 -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf
> > root      2944  1.2  0.5  8812 2748 ?        S    20:49   0:00
> > httpd2 -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf
> >
> > so something in init script or init itself is hanging.  now, here's
> > the oddest part: if i go to the physical console and hold down the
> > ctrl key for a few seconds, httpd finishes starting and the server
> > is 100% up a few seconds later.  i've installed mandrake 10 on over
> > a dozen servers and have never seen this problem.  hell, my -own-
> > server is an 1850R w/ mdk10 and it works fine w/ apache.  i am
> > baffled by this behavior.
> >
> > this is a big problem as this machine is supposed to be a mail and
> > web server.  it won't boot with apache enabled, and it won't serve
> > up web content with it disabled.  anyone have any thoughts?  no
> > joke, $20 to the first person who can help me figure out how to
> > make this thing boot w/ apache enabled.
> >
> > jason